turbo+supercharger

Turbo and Supercharger discussion
 Reply

turbo+supercharger

By JDMcivic
- Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:04 pm #16948 I kno its a noob/dumb/why even ask question....but is it possible to have a turbo and supercharger on one engine, since the sc runs on the pulley and turbo runs from manifold??? :roll:
User avatar

By stefan
- Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:23 pm #16951 Should be possible.

But...
Why would you want to do that?
Modern ball-bearing turbo's and all of the tech of these days make it very possible to build a decent setup without lag and a lot of puff even into high revs.

If you want to be top-tech;
BMW has a twinturbo system, with a small and a larger turbo, nice system.
And then there is the variable nozzle, also a very nice system.
User avatar

By teal_dx
- Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:49 pm #16955 I've seen it done on V8's before. A Roots type supercharger gives low end power and a linear bump in HP through out the power range while the turbo adds more HP as the RPM's rise.

But that was back in the late 90's. Like Stefan said, nowadays we have much more technology to play with :)
There's even turbos that have fins on the turbine that adjust to eliminate turbo lag. It's on some of the expensive exotics.
User avatar

By ohDirka
- Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:41 pm #17013 i recently saw a supercharged and turboed mustang at the drag strip...the major problem with running the dual set up is getting everything timed and fuel mixtures...its just too much work to do when turbos today are so efficent, needless to say the car ran terrible
User avatar

By lil_racer
- Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:33 am #17400 its called twin charged y0!

boost ftw
 Reply
Return to Boost